The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-11-03
MISSISSIPPI PRESS.
DIVERS OPINIONS ON CUR
RENT TOPICS TERSELY
EXPRESSED.
Pith and Point.


benefit Of professional men and gentle
men of fashion and society. Has Mis-
sissippi any other kindi
KOSCIrSKo STAR: Jefferson Davis
says he favors Local Option. How
this great stickler for State sovereign
ty came to- the conclusion that n cOun-
ty had power to do what State can
not do, he does not explain. We fear
that our beloved ex-chieftain is bccOm-
ing garrulOus in his old age.
LELAND RECORD: The State ring
circle consanguinity or atfinity-have
been wont to say: "Hush, You will
injure the Democratic party" The
time has now come that either the
ring or the Democratic party must 20.
The ring will go, and that speedily.
1t won't stop to- consider the manner
of its going. 1t must just down and
out.
| kOSCIUSKO STAR: We understand
that it is being circulated. around Sal
lis that the editor of this paper has
! changed sides in the Hamilton-Gam-
knew with what complaccncy and even
hilarity we could see him standing on
nothing and looking upa rope, they
would not think our views..had altered
to any marvellous or even appreciable
extent.
SWORD AND SHIELD: Are YOU anx-
iOus to make converts to prohibition
| Then subscribe for and send prOhi-
bitiOn paper yOuranti acquaintance.
They naturally will not subscribe for
Il paper antagonizing their views, but
will read one if sent to them, and may
thereby he convinced. Suppose Chris
tians were to wait for sinners to buy
bibles, tracts, etc, what would he the
result?
PASCAGOTLA DEMOCRAT STAR: We
would also suggest the passage of i'm
act making it perjury to wilfully and
knowingly subscribe to Il false oath in
giving in the assessments whether adj
ministercd by the Assessor or other of
ticer or not. The present oath is Il
mere farce and is coming to be so
understood and treated. The Assess
or should also he required to have
every one giving in an assessment to
sign the oath.
RIPLEY SENTINEL: Col. Nugent, in
his effort to sully the character of Dis
trict Attorney Miller, has blackened
his own. If he did this for money, he
is to be despised; if for friendship for
Hamilton purely, he il to be pitied.
In either case ,he can nevcragain stand
as high in the confidence of the people
of the State of Mississippi. Desperate
means may not always be resortcd to,
even to save friend from the penalty
of II violated law.
Clay COUNTY LEADER: The Lead
or. has never had much to say in ref
crcncc to Gov. Lowry's administration,
being willing to await for Legislative
Investigations to prove the truth or
falsity of the charges made against him,
but nevertheless is not ut I'LL favora-
bly, impressed with the uttcranccs
of journals friendly to his administra-
ton who seem to have supreme con-
tempt for allfcriticS, calling them i'm
beetle. insignificant. etc.
MERIDIAN ADVOCATES: No new eff
fort on the part of Mr.. Davis will."do
the prohibition cause further harm, but
will be calculated to estrange the kind
~ feeling of many warm Southern
hearts which had loved to do him no.
mage. We hope the matter may he
dropped and forever buried among the
unfortunate things of the past, so that
the few remaining years he has to
spend in this life may he passed in
happiness and content.
SWORD AND SHIELD: There are over
20O. 200 Baptists in Mississippi, divided
into some 20 District Associations.
These are now holding their annual
meetings. and nearly every one OF
them is taking strong ground in favor
of Prohibition. In this move the con-
vention of white Baptists are taking
the lead and there are but few lag
CARDS. Other denOminatiOns7are fall
ing in line, which means the doom OF
the saloon in Mississippi.
PANOLIAN: When YOU hear man
"shOoting off his lip" about the local
papers because they don't happen to be
as interesting or as cheap as city pa
pcrs, you can rest assured that this
important parsonage does not contrib
ute anything to help make them bet
ter, and as Il general thing the papers
do more for him than he has for them.
The man who il such niim-skull that
he can not see the advantage of a
newspaper to II town had better move
away from the town. He ceartainly
is Il nuisance, and adds as much to
the prosperity of a town as the delin-
quent tax list.
LEXINGTON Bulletin: We notice
in good many of our exchanges, eX-
pressiOns of i'll humOr because of SEN
atOr Georges letter about the slippOs-
ed Indebtedness of the State to the
University of Mississippi, and some go
so far rs to impute unworthy motives
~ Il basis for the Senator's conclusions.
This, we think, is all wrong. 1t is not
a matter for any body to become riletl
at. and certainly the circumstances
do not warrant the imputatiOns east
upon man of such known probity
and high legal attainments. If there
is any thing that General George is
more noted for than all else, it is
knowledge of law.
NEW MIs>I>sIPPIAN: Gov. Lowry
admits that he changed the Auditors